Originally posted by Cristina's Way:
...How did he support himself? When he arrived for Mama's funeral, it just "felt" as though he was a visitor returning from elsewhere, far away. Was that the case? Was Fredo fired from Michael's hotels and casinos, or did he still work in them but Michael arranged it so their paths would never cross? I also thought all the Corleones lived on the "estate"? Where did Fredo live after Michael disowned him?...
Me again (where have I heard THAT before)...
First of all, who care's where Fredo lived after that scene?
That aside...it can probably be safely assumed that Vito Corleone left a sizeable inheritance/trust to each of his living children, and to the widow and children of Santino. While no longer useful to Michael and the Corleone Family Fredo Corleone would have had little trouble finding comfortable living arrangements.
I think that when he said he didn't want Fredo near the hotels, that he didn't want to know him or what he did, that pretty much meant that Fredo was no longer an employee of the Corleone Family.
By the way, at his mother's wake, Fredo most certainly WAS '...a visitor returning from elsewhere, far away...' and deserved to be treated so. Were it not for his sister Connie, he would probably have been escorted out after a reasonable amount of time with mama. Fredo was lucky Michael even did him the favor of waiting in the boathouse while allowing him to come & pay his respects.
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ps - Moe Green did not "HIT" Fredo in that hotel scene in Vegas. Moe was already storming his way out of the room when Fredo (stupidly) tried to hold him back and reason with Tom to get Don Corleone involved. What Moe did was pull his arm away in anger, disgust and frustration.
But if you watch the movie a few more times maybe you'll eventually figure that out, along with alot of other things that aren't worth nitpicking here on the BB.
